BEIRUT — Israeli drone strikes on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least eight people, including two children, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported. A photograph of the bombed cars shared by Lebanon’s National News Agency following the attacks in the Jiyeh area showed the vehicles severely damaged, their exteriors charred and torn apart. Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading blows despite a US-mediated ceasefire announced last month, with hostilities largely focused in southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces are occupying a self-declared security zone. The three separate airstrikes were carried out well beyond the main theater of conflict in the south, targeting vehicles on the coastal highway in an area around 20 km south of Beirut, security sources said. The Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon and told residents to leave six towns and villages where it intended to act against the group. **media[2707230]** On Wednesday morning, the Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for the residents of Meiss el-Jabal, Yanouh, Burj Shemali, Hula, Debl and Aabbasiyyeh, warning that it will soon act against these Lebanese villages “forcefully”. Anyone who remains “endangers their life,” the military said, warning residents to move at least 1,000 meters away to “open areas”. One of the few remaining hospitals in the area was in the displacement zone. “There are only three hospitals left in the whole district of Tyre, and there are still people who live here. At least 100,000 people still live here,” an Al Jazeera reporter said from Tyre in southern Lebanon. “These hospitals are really a lifeline for these people, but some of them, those who are injured, don’t make it because the road is a long journey to reach these hospitals and people are still in villages further south,” she said. On Tuesday, 13 people were killed in attacks on towns in the south, including two Lebanese Civil Defense paramedics, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The ministry reported that at least 380 people have been killed during the truce, bringing the total death toll since the Israeli invasion and bombardment began on March 2 to more than 2,800. It also said on Monday that 108 emergency medical services and healthcare workers had been killed in Lebanon during the war, with more than 140 Israeli attacks recorded on ambulances and medical facilities.BEIRUT — Israeli drone strikes on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least eight people, including two children, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported. A photograph of the bombed cars shared by Lebanon’s National News Agency following the attacks in the Jiyeh area showed the vehicles severely damaged, their exteriors charred and torn apart. Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading blows despite a US-mediated ceasefire announced last month, with hostilities largely focused in southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces are occupying a self-declared security zone. The three separate airstrikes were carried out well beyond the main theater of conflict in the south, targeting vehicles on the coastal highway in an area around 20 km south of Beirut, security sources said. The Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon and told residents to leave six towns and villages where it intended to act against the group. **media[2707230]** On Wednesday morning, the Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for the residents of Meiss el-Jabal, Yanouh, Burj Shemali, Hula, Debl and Aabbasiyyeh, warning that it will soon act against these Lebanese villages “forcefully”. Anyone who remains “endangers their life,” the military said, warning residents to move at least 1,000 meters away to “open areas”. One of the few remaining hospitals in the area was in the displacement zone. “There are only three hospitals left in the whole district of Tyre, and there are still people who live here. At least 100,000 people still live here,” an Al Jazeera reporter said from Tyre in southern Lebanon. “These hospitals are really a lifeline for these people, but some of them, those who are injured, don’t make it because the road is a long journey to reach these hospitals and people are still in villages further south,” she said. On Tuesday, 13 people were killed in attacks on towns in the south, including two Lebanese Civil Defense paramedics, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The ministry reported that at least 380 people have been killed during the truce, bringing the total death toll since the Israeli invasion and bombardment began on March 2 to more than 2,800. It also said on Monday that 108 emergency medical services and healthcare workers had been killed in Lebanon during the war, with more than 140 Israeli attacks recorded on ambulances and medical facilities.
Israeli drone strikes on Lebanon highway leaves at least 8 dead
